HILLSBORO — November 13, 2026 -- JardogsHealth, a healthcare AI company based in Hillsboro, Illinois, has formed a four-member Strategic Advisory Council, which held its first meeting on November 10 at the company's headquarters. None of the four members' published biographies lists a healthcare role. Their backgrounds are in consumer finance, media, on-demand delivery and smartphone software.
Four executives from finance, media and technology make up the council
The company says the council will advise leadership on long-term strategy, growth, product direction and brand while it brings the JardogsHealth Care Platform to more healthcare organizations. The founding members are:
- Bill Floyd, retired SVP/CIO of Discover Card Services
- Brian Graden, CEO of Brian Graden Media
- Dylan Richter, entrepreneur and DoorDash growth veteran
- John Wright, technologist and former Apple executive
All four have a personal or business link to Hillsboro. Floyd was born and raised there, and Graden is a native. Richter and his wife own candy stores in Hillsboro and Highland, Illinois. Wright and his wife restored the town's Red Rooster Inn.
Floyd grew Discover's technology team from about five people to more than 300
Floyd led Discover's technology organization for more than a decade as the company reached 36 million card accounts. Headcount rose from about five to more than 300, a roughly 60-fold increase by our calculation.
Graden spent 13 years as President of Entertainment at MTV Networks Music Channels and President of Logo. He discovered and executive produced South Park. His company has produced more than 30 seasons of programming for Netflix, HBO Max and others, according to the company.
Richter spent nearly nine years at DoorDash, joining before its Chicago launch. Wright led the Apple organization responsible for core components of iOS, from the first iPhone through its first eight releases.
JardogsHealth sells a platform that sits above existing EHR systems
The company describes the JardogsHealth Care Platform as recently launched. It connects patient access, clinical documentation and revenue workflows above the electronic health record (EHR) and practice management systems customers already run. Those systems remain the systems of record.
The company cites an American Hospital Association estimate that administrative staff and technology account for 25% to 35% of U.S. healthcare spending. It gives no year for the estimate.
"Much of health care's technology problem sits in the back office," Floyd said. He said the platform works alongside existing systems rather than asking practices to start over.
CEO Jim Hewitt says the council's participation tells healthcare organizations the standard the company is building to. Hewitt developed the TouchWorks EHR and founded the original Jardogs, creator of the FollowMyHealth patient engagement platform. The company says more than 45 million people have used FollowMyHealth.
The company did not disclose how many healthcare organizations currently use the platform.
The council's first session included presentations from the JardogsHealth leadership team and a product demonstration. The company says the council will help shape the platform's direction as it reaches more healthcare organizations.